we are transitioning our 41lb femal from blue buffalo to Kirkland. both bags say for her size she should be between 2.5 - 3 cups per day, we feed her twice a day and give her ~1.5 cups at each meal. she immediatly scoffs it down, and is always looking for more. I know that 2.5-3 is the guidline, but I worry that I'm not giving her enough.

At the same time I don't want her to get overweight from too much food. Does this sound right for her size?

My female used to act like that with kibble. She would slow down if I put water in the kibble and wouldn't act ravenous after she finished.

She also doesn't act that way now that I feed her raw meat or canned food.I think it's pretty unnatural for them to be eating completely dry food. Their natural diet has a lot of water in it and isn't eaten as quickly as a bowl of kibble is.

Peanut eats a little more than 3/4 cup 2x a day of Blue Buffalo and she's 47-48 pounds. She gets walks and zoomies but is an only dog. As soon as i dogsit my friends' 4 GSPs she'll start losing weight because she is running with them and swimming.